Owen Sound Sun Times

With the grandstand declared “unsafe” and the fall fair less than three weeks away, a much smaller, admission-free fair will be offered in Owen Sound this year. “We get questions almost daily about it and it’s so unfortunate that I have to tell them that we’re not having it with a midway and we’re not […]

There is guaranteed to be a mix of some new and old faces on both the Bluewater District School Board and the Bruce-Grey Catholic District School Board following the upcoming election this fall. While four incumbent trustees have already been acclaimed to another term on the Bluewater board, there are also three current trustees who […]

An Etobicoke man died after a mishap in the bay in Meaford Aug. 14. Grey Bruce OPP said Dzenad Icagic, 51, died despite life-saving efforts after he became in distress in the water, just off Grant Avenue in Meaford. Police, Grey County paramedics and Meaford firefighters responded to the 1:58 p.m call. Police continue to […]

Work will start soon to create a wheelchair-safe path around Owen Sound hospital for patients, visitors and staff to enjoy. The Healing Path project is the fourth initiative of the local group NeighbourWoods North to beautify and improve the hospital grounds, said Dr. Brendan Mulroy, a project volunteer. The Healing Path will trace the perimeter […]

August 23, 2022

August 23, 2022

August 20, 2022

South Bruce Mayor Bob Buckle said heavy rains amid a project to remove a dam in Mildmay prompted the municipality’s warning Sunday night to stay away from area watercourses and parks due to the possibility of flooding if the dam broke. “Right now it’s under construction to take it all out, and then we had […]

Voters in the Oct. 24 municipal elections in Grey County have a plenty of candidates from which to choose. In Grey Highlands, where a group of citizens actively encouraged candidates to run for office, record numbers of candidates answered the call. There are three candidates for mayor, three candidates for deputy mayor, and 17 candidates […]

After 40 consecutive years as a head of council on the Bruce Peninsula, Milt McIver is taking another run at the top job in Northern Bruce Peninsula. McIver is one of two people running for the mayor’s position in the Municipality of Northern Bruce Peninsula after the nomination period for this fall’s municipal elections closed […]

Much like Summerfolk, the Toronto-based band Moskitto Bar is a variety of musical genres and cultures coming together. Their unique brand of music, which includes influences from around the world, got the crowds hopping, clapping and dancing along during the music festival that took over Kelso Beach at Nawash Park over the weekend. Founding band […]

South Bruce is warning people to stay away from all watercourses, parks and trails in the Mildmay area due to concerns the Adams Street Dam in Mildmay may fail. Concerns about a dam prompted the municipality to issue a warning on its website Sunday night. Residents should stay away from the banks of Otter Creek […]

It was all about fitness, fundraising and fun on the roads of Bruce County as the Gran Fondo Lake Huron returned to the region on Sunday. Hundreds of riders took part in the event, which included 110-, 70- and 30-kilometre rides starting and finishing in Southampton, all with a goal of not only finishing the […]

After facing many struggles during the COVID-19 pandemic, members of Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation at Neyaashiinigmiing were happy to come together and celebrate their culture, their veterans and more on the weekend. The Neyaashiinigmiing 36th Annual Traditional Pow Wow returned to the Arthur “Butch” Elliott Azhdayoniquot Memorial Cultural Grounds at Cape Croker Park […]

Police are investigating after a person drowned in a swimming pool in Chatsworth on Thursday. Grey Bruce OPP, the Chatsworth Fire Department and Grey County Paramedic Services responded to the incident at 5:44 p.m., it said in a news release issued on Friday by police. A person was removed from the pool and pronounced deceased […]

Grey County’s pleas for help to manage sites overrun by tourists, creating safety, parking and nuisance concerns, were well received by provincial officials during the annual Association of Municipalities of Ontario conference, Grey Warden Selwyn Hicks said. That was one of Grey County’s priorities discussed during face-to-face meetings with ministers or their associate ministers and […]

Walkerton and Chesley emergency departments will close at 5 p.m. and reopen at 7 a.m. tonight, Saturday and Sunday night due to lack of staff. In fact, staffing shortages will make it “very challenging” to maintain 24-hour emergency department hours in the four South Bruce Grey Health Centre hospitals this fall, hospital CEO Michael Barrett […]

Owen Sound staff will cut down 15 infected ash trees by the inner harbour and replace them with other trees as part of its ongoing effort to contend with emerald ash borer damage. The trees are found between 1155 1st Ave. W. and 11th Street West. They show “advanced symptoms of infestation” by the invasive beetle which […]

Grey County is moving ahead with a plan to turn an Owen Sound building into supportive housing for unhoused people. Councillors voted Aug. 11 to hire JP Commercial Contractors, an Owen Sound company which bid $3,743,000 plus HST to renovate the building at 396 14th St. W. There were two bidders in the request for […]

Summerfolk Music and Crafts Festival opens for its 47th season Friday night, ready to welcome people back like old times now that there area no provincial pandemic restrictions for such gatherings. The gate opens to Owen Sound’s three-day waterfront festival at 4:30 p.m., with the music starting at 6 p.m. and running to 1 a.m. […]

Bruce County has begun to replace the 87-year-old Teeswater River Bridge on Bruce Road 3 in Paisley. The bridge closed Aug. 10, demolition is underway and the construction project will continue until September 2023. Signs direct traffic to alternative routes and businesses in Paisley will remain open throughout the construction period, the county says. An […]

Former Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Bill Murdoch, who died Tuesday, is being remembered as a maverick politician who possessed personable ways and passion for his constituents and community causes. William Richard Murdoch died at Chapman House hospice in Owen Sound at age 77, after bouts of cancer over the past couple of years. The Bognor beef […]

Tickets for the annual Owen Sound Sports Hall of Fame inductees’ dinner are on sale now. They’re available at city hall’s community services department at $50 apiece until Sept. 5. The event takes place Sept. 30. The Class of 2022 includes six athletes, two builders and two teams. The athletes heading to the hall are […]

A motorcycle driver who was in a collision with an SUV in South Bruce has died. The collision occurred about 7:15 a.m. Tuesday, at Concession Road 10 and Bruce Road 4, north of Teeswater, a South Bruce OPP news release said. The motorcycle driver was taken to a local hospital and was pronounced dead. Police […]

West Nile virus has been found in a dead Cooper’s hawk in Lion’s Head but there have been no reported cases in people anywhere in Ontario as of Aug. 6. The hawk was submitted for testing in late July, the Grey Bruce Health Unit said in a news release Tuesday. It’s the first bird to […]

Grey County council has endorsed a targeted incentive that would see it forego an estimated $432,000 in property tax over five years to encourage a $60-million “attainable” rental apartment building development in Hanover. As part of the deal, Hanover would forego an estimated $1.05 million to encourage construction of two six-storey, 71-unit rental apartments to […]

Owen Sound police are investigating several nighttime thefts from cars on Aug. 12 and 13. The investigation includes a theft from a westside residential garage too, where an estimated $8,000 worth of tools and sports gear was taken. Items reported stolen include two Norco Charger mountain bikes, a Blue Wave stand-up paddle board, mig welder, […]

Collingwood/Blue Mountains OPP has identified a cyclist who died after his bike crashed on Scenic Caves Road Aug. 11 as Jeffery Miller, 33, of Richmond Hill. Shortly before 6 p.m. that day, Blue Mountains Fire Department notified the OPP that they were on scene of a fatal collision involving a lone cyclist on Scenic Caves Road in […]

A 30-year-old West Grey man is in custody, charged with attempted murder after a shooting in Hanover Aug. 9. Brandon Boettinger was arrested at gunpoint in Ottawa by Ottawa Police Service’s tactical team and guns and gangs unit. He is to return to Hanover to face the attempted murder charge and others, Hanover police said […]

More than 420 athletes competed in the Owen Sound Subaru Triathlon races Sunday at Kelso Beach at Nawash Park. “The competitors, they never stopped talking about how great the venue was, how much they liked it,” race director Greg Nicol said Monday, including the smooth roads and scenery. The event made its return to the […]

Grey Bruce OPP charged Brett Page, 27, of Southgate with failing to stop at an accident resulting in death, and related offences, after four people were struck by a motor vehicle at Eugenia on July 19. He’s also charged with three counts of failing to stop at an accident resulting in bodily harm, careless driving […]

Police charged a 51-year-old South Bruce Peninsula driver with the provincial offence of careless driving causing death. The charge relates to a motorcycle crash with another vehicle on July 18 on Highway 6/21 in Georgian Bluffs. Emergency crews responded to a report of the crash about 5:12 p.m. The motorcycle driver, Jim Ring, 56, of […]

The Chesley hospital’s emergency department will be closed Friday and Saturday night. The South Bruce Grey Health Centre said Friday afternoon that the closures were due to unexpected nursing absences. “All efforts to find staffing for the Emergency Department have been undertaken without success,” the hospital corporation said in a news release. The emergency department […]

While a funding announcement for a compostable products manufacturing facility was the main reason for Doug Ford’s stop in Dundalk on Friday, several other issues were addressed by the premier over his approximately half-hour visit to the community. Ford was in the Eco-Park at the south end of town along with other officials and dignitaries […]

Ontario Premier Doug Ford made the trip to Dundalk to announce funding for a compostable products manufacturing facility there, and left with a little bit of Grey County in him after he swallowed a bee while taking questions from reporters. Ford was at the Eco-Park in Dundalk where he was joined by dozens of others […]

Home sales in Grey-Bruce dropped to a level not seen in almost three decades in July, but home buyers looking for deals may be out of luck as average sale prices are still up from where they were a year ago. The Realtors Association of Grey Bruce Owen Sound released numbers this week that show […]

Grey County politicians and staff will be heading to the Association of Municipalities of Ontario conference next week, where they will be involved in a number of delegations with provincial officials. The conference, which is returning to an in-person event for the first time since 2019, will take place in Ottawa from Sunday to Wednesday. […]

Owen Sound police are warning the public about a man wanted elsewhere in the province who may be in the Owen Sound area. On Thursday afternoon, city police posted to its social media channels that Nottawasaga OPP were seeking assistance locating 39-year-old Matthew Rozins. Investigators believe Rozins poses a potential risk to public safety, and […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit will hold clinics to vaccinate people against monkeypox beginning on Friday. Eligible individuals are now able to sign up for the by-appointment clinics, set to be held on Friday and again Wednesday at the Grey Bruce Health Unit in Owen Sound. Clinics will then take place biweekly on Wednesdays until […]

A piece of public art installed in Oxenden to show the community’s commitment to reconciliation will be unveiled on the weekend. The piece called Ajiijak (The Crane) by Anishinabek artist Charmaine Jenner (Tauchkwe) will be welcomed during a ceremony at 3 p.m. on Saturday at the intersection of Grey Road 1 and Zion Church Road. […]

A federal government proposal to reduce nitrogen fertilizer use to lower greenhouse gas emissions has Grey-Bruce farmers concerned what it will mean for their yields and input costs at a time when inflationary pressure is already cutting into their bottom lines and food prices are a growing concern. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada is consulting about […]

Owen Sound police are notifying the public about counterfeit toonies circulating in the community. A number of the $2 coins have been located through local businesses and banks within the city, police said in a news release issued on Thursday morning. To educate members of the public about how to identify the fakes, police provided […]

Final preparations are underway to turn Owen Sound and the surrounding area into one of the province’s top triathlon and duathlon courses. Event host Greg Nicol said this week that signs have been put up along the route, with some tidying up and preparation work over the coming days planned for Kelso Beach at Nawash […]

The Saugeen First Nation community is ready for the return of its annual competition pow wow after having to cancel the event the past two years because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The event will be held Saturday and Sunday at the James Mason Memorial Centre at 47 French Bay Rd. in Chippewa Hill. There will […]

The Cobble Beach Concours d’Elegance is back, and avid local car collector Tony Lang plans to once again be there. But this year Lang, who has been part of the event since it started in 2013, is taking on an extra special role as the event’s first “honoured collector.” A number of his vehicles will […]

Plans are in the works to erect a bandshell at Bluewater Park in Wiarton. South Bruce Peninsula council gave approval Aug. 2 for the construction of the bandshell in an area of the park near an old fish cleaning hut now used as a storage shed just off William Street. The design chosen is a […]

A man’s body was recovered from a lake west of Flesherton last week. On Thursday just before 10 p.m., the Grey Bruce OPP, Grey Highlands Fire Department and Grey County Paramedic Services responded to a report of an overdue person in the area of Irish Lake. On Friday just before noon the Underwater Search and […]